Why it works: Biscuit and cheese work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 252 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
Cheese Straws
Ingredients
Directions
The book says “a slow oven”. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.
Roll out the biscuit dough as thin as possible.
Sprinkle a thin layer of grated cheese over the dough.
Fold the dough together and roll it out very thin again.
Sprinkle with grated cheese and repeat this process three times.
Roll out the dough one last time and cut into narrow strips, about the length of your middle finger.
Bake in a 300°F (150°C) oven until light brown.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Biscuit + cheesetop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together252 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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